Sites and Information

Digital CitizenshipThe link leads one to a Teacher's First site with 57 links to teaching digital citizenship. Each link gives a summary of what the site contains and how it might be used within the classroom.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ interactive site for all grades and subjects
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary - search for words or use themed list at left
Vocabulary Games - Numerous games at all grade levels
Mr. Nussbaum's Language Arts page - Various activities
Scholastic Online Activities - Categorized by grade level and subject area. Under student there is an interactive whiteboard link with great activities.
Watch*Know*Learn Videos - Use age filter to narrow choices
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/RefLib.htm- easy to read, brief reference section on various topics. Good for lower levels or to set up prior-knowledge
a4esl.org-Interactive site for ESL/EFL students.
Smithsonian EducatorsTons of educational resources on many topics supported by the Smithosonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. Teachers can search by content according to Louisiana standards by grade level and subject content.
Worknikdefine, listen, or picture vocabulary.
Writing Fix - site for helping teachers teach writing. The site offers ideas for how to teach the 6 traits of writing across the curriculum. Sample lessons are provided in most content areas.
LearnZillion - teacher-made videos of lessons - Common Core correlated
SRA eLiteracy Handbook
Louisiana News in Education

NewsSites for Kids

The Connected Classroom WikiSpace - many links to student news
News Sites for Kids - links to Scholastic News, Time for Kids, and more
DOGO News
Here There Everywhere
EurekAlert! science reporting for kids
EducationWorld - news for kids
PBS NewsHour Extra - geared toward 7th-12th grades
Student News Net
National Geographic Kids
Newsela - One can choose the text complexity of the article to use depending on the age of the students. If there is a light bulb next to the article, ideas of how to use the text with Common Core standards are given.

High Frequency Words

Interactives for Kids

http://www.storylineonline.net/ - Books read aloud by members of Screen Actors Guild

SRA Resources

Open Court Activities by lesson workshop activities listed by lesson, sound by sound, sound chart, mystery word

High Frequency Words/Phrases

Interactives for Kids

http://www.learner.org/interactives/ interactives for story elements and spelling
http://media.cpcsc.k12.in.us/websnap/portal.cfm?page=2&user=lshipp Mrs. Shipp's Online Reading/ELA Actvities
Word Mover - magnetic word activity from Read-Write-Think
Fridge Magnets - great for separating by parts of speech; some challenging words
Make a Word - kids can drag letters down to make words from a longer word
Make Beliefs Comix - Students can create their own comic strip
Spin & Spell - interactive spelling site
ReWordify Reword text to put it in simpler language

Reading Strategies

Pinellas Schools' Interactive Read-Aloud List - list of read-aloud books organized by strategy
Post-It Notes template - put Post-It notes on squares and print (use with active reading strategies)
Post-It Notes Ready to Print - scroll down for list of books; click for premade questions

SRA Resources

Writing Resources

Melissa Forney - Handouts from her writing presentations
Mrs. Meacham's Writer's Workshop - Various resources to help with writing instruction

Fourth Grade Writing Exercises

Open Court Resources - After choosing unit, scroll all the way down to "Writing Activities/Quizzes/Units"

Printable Resources

Site that builds bibliographic entries and bibliography pages

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ creates word maps to understand the meaning of words using synonms

NewseumShowcases the front pages of daily newspapers from around the world in its original form.